ATTITUDE TOWARDS GENERIC FORMULATIONS USAG E: NARROWING THE GAP BETWEEN PHARMACIST AND PHYSICIANS
By: Lavanya, D
.
Contributor(s): Dhivya, K.
Publisher: M P Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd 2019Edition: Vol.11(1).Description: 117-120p.Subject(s): PHARMACEUTICSOnline resources: Click here
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International journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical scienceSummary: Objective:
The thought of providing the
best
quality of medicin
es at cheaper costs made the governments
to think of generic drug substitutions in
order to minimize the economic burden. This study was designed to investigate the attitude of physicians and pharmacists towa
rds generic
medicines and thus to reduce the gap
between them.
Method
s:
This is a simple, prospective, cross
-sectional, comparative study conducted for a period of 3 mo
. 100 Subjects (50 pharmacists and 50
physicians) were included in this study.
Subjects who ever graduated with the pharmacy degree and
working as pharmacists
, as well as clinical
practitioners,
were included in this study. Data
collected using a validated questionnaire.
Result
s:
60% of physicians and 80% of pharmacists were confident enough in dispensing generic products. 56% of physicia
ns agree that
pharmacists play a vital role in providing assistance on
the
use
of generic medicines. 70% of physicians and 90% of pharmacists agreed that the
generic medicines are of less expensive.
Conclusio
n:
Our Study concludes that pharmacist’s shows
a higher
positive response towards the usage of generic products than physicians. Generic
drugs typically cost 30% to 60% less than their brand products. In addition, patients taking generic drugs seem to be more wi
lling to continue therapy.
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Objective:
The thought of providing the
best
quality of medicin
es at cheaper costs made the governments
to think of generic drug substitutions in
order to minimize the economic burden. This study was designed to investigate the attitude of physicians and pharmacists towa
rds generic
medicines and thus to reduce the gap
between them.
Method
s:
This is a simple, prospective, cross
-sectional, comparative study conducted for a period of 3 mo
. 100 Subjects (50 pharmacists and 50
physicians) were included in this study.
Subjects who ever graduated with the pharmacy degree and
working as pharmacists
, as well as clinical
practitioners,
were included in this study. Data
collected using a validated questionnaire.
Result
s:
60% of physicians and 80% of pharmacists were confident enough in dispensing generic products. 56% of physicia
ns agree that
pharmacists play a vital role in providing assistance on
the
use
of generic medicines. 70% of physicians and 90% of pharmacists agreed that the
generic medicines are of less expensive.
Conclusio
n:
Our Study concludes that pharmacist’s shows
a higher
positive response towards the usage of generic products than physicians. Generic
drugs typically cost 30% to 60% less than their brand products. In addition, patients taking generic drugs seem to be more wi
lling to continue therapy.
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